Center for Integrative Research in Computing and Learning Sciences (CIRCLS)

计算与学习科学综合研究中心 (CIRCLS)

• 批准号: 2021159
• 负责人: Jeremy Roschelle
• 金额: $ 298.79万
• 依托单位: Digital Promise Global
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-08-01 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2021159&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Center; Integrative; Research; Computing; Learning; Center; Integrative; Research; Computing; Learning

Artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies are transforming learning across the lifespan within home, community, educational and workplace settings. Harnessing these advanced technologies to address nationally-important learning needs in STEM (and STEM-enabling areas) requires the integration of interdisciplinary research in the learning and computer sciences. The mission of the Center for Integrative Research in Computing and Learning Sciences (CIRCLS) is to: a) connect NSF-funded learning technology researchers and serve as a community-based hub across the interdisciplinary research community (to include learning sciences, computer sciences, social sciences, and engineering); and, b) support the field by synthesizing emerging insights, findings and advances in ways that strengthen learning with emerging technology. As a center, CIRCLS will bring investigators together to share expertise, coordinate efforts, and synthesize knowledge across projects. This includes a strong focus on broadening participation among graduate students, early career scholars, equity scholars, and practitioners - aiming to serve a field with over 1,000 active participants. In addition, CIRCLS will communicate widely to broader research and development audiences and policy makers regarding research advances through its newsletter, website, reports and events. Specifically, CIRCLS will lead six activities that go beyond the reach of existing conferences, societies and journals to foster synergies among computer scientists, learning scientists and relevant disciplines. The interrelated activities include the following: (1) Hosting bi-annual multi-disciplinary research convenings in a highly interactive format that builds relationships, identifies priority issues for emerging learning technologies, and focuses on collectively advancing research to address tensions and challenges; (2) Building capacity around artificial intelligence synergies within education via working groups for graduate students and early career scientists across locations to tackle tough problems that transcend any individual project; (3) Organizing field-driven research syntheses, to generate concise, compelling summaries across projects on topics that are foundational to the work or reflect emerging designs and insights; (4) Expanding reach, engagement and dissemination of the field’s research, focused on broader audiences to include researchers, policy makers, educational practitioners, and other interest groups, through a mix of social media, newsletters and other effective formats; (5) Curating the portfolio of awards to collect and report detailed, consistent information about funded research, which will help the field to understand the state of the art, to analyze of advances and gaps, and to plan the future; and (6) Gathering community feedback and engaging an advisory group composed of leaders from multiple disciplinary perspectives to guide continuous improvement.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

人工智能和其他新兴技术正在转变家庭，社区，教育和工作场所环境中的整个寿命。利用这些先进的技术来满足STEM（和增强STEM的领域）中最重要的学习需求，这需要在学习和计算机科学中整合跨学科研究。计算与学习科学综合研究中心（CIRCLS）的使命是：a）连接NSF资助的学习技术研究人员，并在整个跨学科研究社区中充当社区枢纽（包括学习科学，计算机科学，社会科学和工程）； b）通过综合新兴的见解，发现和进步，以增强新兴技术的学习方式来支持该领域。作为一个中心，Circls将把调查人员聚集在一起，共享专业知识，协调努力并综合跨项目的知识。这包括强烈关注扩大研究生，早期职业学者，股权学者和从业者的参与 - 旨在与1000多名活跃参与者一起服务。此外，Circls将通过其新闻通讯，网站，报告和事件与更广泛的研发受众和政策制定者进行广泛的沟通。具体而言，Circls将领导六项活动，这些活动超出了现有会议，社会和期刊的影响力，以促进计算机科学家，学习科学家和相关学科的协同作用。相互关联的活动包括以下内容：（1）以高度互动的形式召集两年一次的多学科研究，以建立关系，确定新兴学习技术的优先问题，并专注于共同推进研究以应对时态和挑战； （2）通过工作组在教育中建立人工智能协同作用，以解决研究生和早期职业科学家，以解决超越任何个人项目的艰难问题； （3）组织以现场驱动的研究合成为目的，以对工作的基础或反映新兴的设计和见解产生简洁，引人入胜的摘要； （4）通过社交媒体，新闻通讯和其他有效的格式的组合，扩大了该领域研究的影响力，参与和传播该领域的研究，包括研究人员，政策制定者，教育从业人员和其他有趣的团体在内； （5）策划奖项的投资组合，以收集和报告有关资助研究的详细，一致的信息，这将有助于该领域了解最新技术，以分析进步和差距，并计划未来； （6）收集社区反馈并参与一个由来自多个纪律角度的领导者组成的咨询小组，以指导持续改进。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过评估基金会的知识分子和更广泛的影响来审查标准。